The Blackrock Mountain adventure for Blizzard’s online card game Hearthstone has already been released in the USA. When is the release in Europe and Germany?
About two hours ago, around 7:20 PM our time, it was finally time in the USA. The Wing of Blackrock Depths in the new Blackrock Mountain adventure opened. Streamers like Trump or Amaz were ready and dived into the adventure. Athene was also on his way to have the first BRM “clear”. Well, Twitch is buzzing in any case. Trump alone has nearly 50,000 viewers enjoying how he is struggling with the partly tough heroic challenges.
The interest also comes from the fact that Twitch has offered a $200 prize for the first broadcaster who completes a wing in BRM first. Additionally, there was a rule that this must only be achieved with one account, but can be done as a team. It is assumed that this is to prevent “Athene” from using multiple accounts, which he likely would have done otherwise. This is, of course, frustrating for players in other regions who have no chance for this prize money.
It currently seems that Amaz has performed best among the “known” streamers. However, a rather unknown streamer is said to have been even faster and thus snatched the $200 away from him. This is the run, and it includes the kill against Emperor Thaurissan HC, which should be worth $200. The fight starts around the thirtieth minute of the stream – really a very nice match with … lucky breaks for the Warlock player:
There is no information yet on when exactly the release in Europe is supposed to take place. It is announced for April 3rd, and some hope this could mean midnight. Korea/Taiwan and China are also still waiting for Blackrock Mountain. All that is known is that the regions will receive the expansion at different times. You can see the 31 cards that will come with Blackrock Mountain here.
We’ll be rolling #Blackrock Mountain out to each region over time, starting with the Americas.
— Hearthstone (@PlayHearthstone) April 2, 2015
Update 23:15: It doesn’t look like it’s going to happen by midnight. It is supposed to happen in the “next few hours”, which could also mean in the middle of the night.
We are currently working towards beginning the rollout of #Blackrock Mountain to the EU region within the next few hours. — Hearthstone (@PlayHearthstone) April 2, 2015
Update 0:15: It did work out early after all.
#Blackrock Mountain is now live in the EU region! Best of luck delving into the Depths, Heroes! #Hearthstone pic.twitter.com/vHRLuS3zyo
— Hearthstone (@PlayHearthstone) April 2, 2015
Update 0:40: Hunters and Mages are, by the way, the first class challenges.
